elegia
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĕlĕgīa: (ĕlĕgēa, in Ov. ĕlĕgēĭă), ae, f., = ἐλεγεία.
I An elegy: form elegia, Quint. 10, 1, 58; 93; Stat. S. 1, 2, 7; Mart. 5, 30, 4; Aus. Parent. 7, 1; form elegea, Quint. 1, 8, 6; form elegeia, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 7; 3, 9, 3; id. R. Am. 379.—
II A kind of reed: est et obliqua harundo, non in excelsitatem nascens, sed juxta terram fruticis modo se spargens, suavissima in teneritate animalibus: vocatur a quibusdam elegia, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 167.
